Topeka, Kansas is uniquely positioned to support a wide variety of industries. From professional and financial services to food processing, Topeka and Shawnee County have the resources to help your company thrive.

The Topeka/Shawnee County Small Business Incentive is a matching incentive program that offers small businesses assistance in the areas of employee skills upgrades, equipment purchases and facility construction and renovation.

GO Topeka in partnership with Washburn University and Crimson Corporation formed the Center for Organizational Excellence that offers quality education and consultation services to organizations of all sizes.

The State of Education provides the opportunity to communicate with the community on education. This year, the Greater Topeka Partnership will focus on the efforts in the cradle through career initiative, TogetherTopeka.

Business Development Resources

Local Incentives

GO Topeka has the flexibility to structure incentives in a manner that assists the company and community at the same time. Most of our incentives are performance based and paid as the company meets the committed benchmarks like number of jobs, salaries and capital investment. Incentives are dependent upon approval of the GO Topeka board of directors along with our local Joint Economic Development Organization. These incentive funds are available throughout all areas of Topeka and Shawnee County.

Kansas Department of Commerce

The Kansas Department of Commerce offers a diverse portfolio of financial incentives for rural communities and businesses that are looking to locate or expand in Kansas. Programs include retention of withholding taxes, investment tax credits, sales tax project exemptions and revolving loan funds for local infrastructure projects, as well as loans and/or grants to assist rural communities in improving infrastructure, housing and urgent needs to maintain and grow.

Topeka and Kansas Resources

Data and Statistics Organizations

Bureau of the Census
The Census Bureau site will lead you to the full range of popular and obscure Census data series. The site has a comprehensive A-to-Z listing of data subjects, as well as American FactFinder and CenStats, query-based means for accessing data for your area from a variety of Census series.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has a wealth of information available through its Web site. BLS jobs, wages, unemployment, occupation, and prices data series are available through a much improved query-based system. Also see Economy at a Glance for an integrated set of BLS data for states and metro areas.

Bureau of Economic Analysis
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) makes its Gross State Product, Regional Economic Information System (REIS), and foreign direct investment data available on its Web site. You can also use this site to access BEA’s national income account data and its publication of record, the Survey of Current Business.

FedStats
The FedStats web site, maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, provides clickable maps to obtain state and local data profiles drawn from multiple federal statistical agencies, with links to the original data sources. It also offers links to the web sites of over 70 federal statistical agencies. If you want to get a quick overview of what federal agencies provide what kinds of data, come here.

State of the Cities Data Systems, Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has worked with federal statistical agencies to produce special data runs on a number of economic performance indicators for metro areas, including demographics, employment, and crime. The unique aspect of this site is that data are disaggregated by central cities and suburbs.

State Economic Data Sources, Association of University Business and Economic Researchers
The Association of University Business and Economic Researchers is one of those organizations we suggest everybody get to know. Your local AUBER member is often an insightful observer and invaluable resource on your regional economy. Every state has its own experts and specialized data collections. The fastest way to find them is AUBER’s state-by-state directory of resources.

YourEconomy.com
Moody’s Analytics helps capital markets and credit risk management professionals worldwide respond to an evolving marketplace with confidence. Through its team of economists, Moody’s Analytics is a leading independent provider of data, analysis, modeling and forecasts on national and regional economies, financial markets, and credit risk.